Later that year Fr. Tikhon was raised to the dignity of archimandrite of Novospassky (New Savior) Monastery in Moscow. On February 20, 1692, Archim. Tikhon was elected to the episcopate and consecrated Metropolitan of Sarsk and Podonsk. On March 21, 1699, Metr. Tikhon was transferred to Kazan as successor to Metr. Markell who had died during the latter part of the previous year. Late in his episcopate, the Slavonic - Latin school was founded at the Bishop’s House in Kazan in 1723. The Slavonic - Latin school would become the Kazan Theological Seminary in 1732 and, after several "false" starts, the Kazan Theological Academy in 1842.